Agricultural Sciences: Journal Rankings

Journal Rankings

TQCC Average citations Median citations H4-Index Number of Papers Impact Factor

(A journal has H4-Index of h when h of its past four year's publications has h citations, whereby h is the highest possible number that renders the former statement true. The citation data are based on CrossRef. The ranking can be re-used under a CC0-license.)

(Using publications from roughly 2021-11-01 to 2025-11-01)

Rank	Journal	H4-Index
1	Bioresource Technology	107
2	Computers and Electronics in Agriculture	84
3	Soil Biology & Biochemistry	71
4	Industrial Crops and Products	69
5	Agronomy-Basel	66
6	Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry	65
7	Agriculture-Basel	63
8	CATENA	60
-	Geoderma	60
10	Animals	53
11	Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment	52
12	Agricultural Water Management	51
13	Agricultural and Forest Meteorology	48
-	Scientia Horticulturae	48
-	Applied Soil Ecology	48
16	Soil & Tillage Research	47
17	Postharvest Biology and Technology	46
-	Horticulturae	46
19	Field Crops Research	44
-	Biomass & Bioenergy	44
21	Animal Nutrition	43
-	Journal of Dairy Science	43
23	Poultry Science	42
24	Biosystems Engineering	41
25	Agricultural Systems	39
-	Plant and Soil	39
27	Crop Journal	38
-	European Journal of Agronomy	38
29	Animal	37
30	Food Policy	36
-	Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture	36
32	British Food Journal	35
-	Journal of Soil Science and Plant Nutrition	35
-	Biochar	35
35	Journal of Animal Science and Biotechnology	34
-	Journal of Integrative Agriculture	34
-	Land Degradation & Development	34
-	Precision Agriculture	34
39	Agronomy for Sustainable Development	33
40	Pest Management Science	32
41	Theoretical and Applied Genetics	31
42	Pedosphere	30
-	Horticultural Plant Journal	30
-	International Soil and Water Conservation Research	30
45	Plant Phenomics	29
46	Global Change Biology Bioenergy	27
-	Biology and Fertility of Soils	27
48	Chemical and Biological Technologies in Agriculture	26
-	Journal of Animal Science	26
-	Journal of Soils and Sediments	26

-	Rhizosphere	26
52	Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy	24
-	Aquacultural Engineering	24
-	Rice	24
-	European Journal of Soil Science	24
-	Gesunde Pflanzen	24
-	Animal Feed Science and Technology	24
58	Agriculture and Human Values	23
-	Agronomy Journal	23
-	Crop Protection	23
-	Horticulture Research	23
-	Annual Review of Animal Biosciences	23
-	Rice Science	23
64	Animal Frontiers	22
65	Geoderma Regional	21
-	Annual Review of Resource Economics	21
-	Journal of Plant Diseases and Protection	21
-	Agricultural Economics	21
-	Animal Bioscience	21
-	Soil Use and Management	21
71	Animal Reproduction Science	20
-	Soil	20
-	American Journal of Agricultural Economics	20
-	Applied Animal Behaviour Science	20
75	Cogent Food & Agriculture	19
-	Crop Science	19
-	China Agricultural Economic Review	19
-	Plant Pathology	19
-	Journal of Animal Science and Technology	19
-	Livestock Science	19
-	Soil Science Society of America Journal	19
-	Worlds Poultry Science Journal	19
83	Crop & Pasture Science	18
-	Tropical Animal Health and Production	18
-	European Journal of Plant Pathology	18
-	Irrigation Science	18
-	Journal of Plant Nutrition and Soil Science	18
-	Sugar Tech	18
89	European Journal of Soil Biology	17
-	International Journal of Agricultural Sustainability	17
-	Molecular Breeding	17
-	Communications in Soil Science and Plant Analysis	17
-	Genetic Resources and Crop Evolution	17
-	Agroforestry Systems	17
95	Eurasian Soil Science	16
-	Agroecology and Sustainable Food Systems	16
-	Outlook on Agriculture	16
-	Potato Research	16
-	Journal of Agricultural Economics	16
-	Journal of Agronomy and Crop Science	16
-	Reproduction in Domestic Animals	16
102	Hortscience	15
-	Journal of Animal Physiology and Animal Nutrition	15
-	Horticulture Environment and Biotechnology	15
-	Animal Genetics	15
-	Aquaculture Economics & Management	15
-	Journal of Applied Poultry Research	15
-	Small Ruminant Research	15
-	Vadose Zone Journal	15
110	Nutrient Cycling in Agroecosystems	14
-	Agribusiness	14
-	Irrigation and Drainage	14
-	Journal of Soil and Water Conservation	14
-	Weed Science	14
-	Archives of Agronomy and Soil Science	14
-	Cereal Research Communications	14
117	Erwerbs-Obstbau	13
-	European Review of Agricultural Economics	13
-	Animal Biotechnology	13
-	Journal of Applied Animal Research	13
-	Journal of Reproduction and Development	13
-	Plant Soil and Environment	13
-	Euphytica	13
-	Grass and Forage Science	13
-	International Journal of Fruit Science	13
-	Animal Production Science	13
-	Annals of Agricultural Sciences	13
-	Journal of Land Use Science	13
-	Breeding Science	13
-	Canadian Journal of Soil Science	13
131	Pedobiologia	12
-	Phytoparasitica	12
-	Plant Breeding	12
-	Annals of Applied Biology	12
-	Australian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics	12
-	Canadian Journal of Plant Science	12
-	Renewable Agriculture and Food Systems	12
-	Soil Science and Plant Nutrition	12
-	Clays and Clay Minerals	12
-	Domestic Animal Endocrinology	12
-	Journal of Agricultural Science	12
-	Journal of Animal Breeding and Genetics	12
-	Australian Journal of Grape and Wine Research	12
-	Soil Research	12
-	Tree Genetics & Genomes	12
-	Weed Research	12
-	Weed Technology	12
148	Paddy and Water Environment	11
-	International Food and Agribusiness Management Review	11
-	International Journal of Plant Production	11
-	Animal Science Journal	11
-	Journal of Horticultural Science & Biotechnology	11
-	Journal of Irrigation and Drainage Engineering	11
-	Revista Brasileira de Engenharia Agricola e Ambiental	11
-	Agricultural & Environmental Letters	11
-	International Agrophysics	11
-	Chilean Journal of Agricultural Research	11
-	Mycobiology	11
159	Ciencia Rural	10
-	Archives Animal Breeding	10
-	Czech Journal of Animal Science	10
-	Plant Production Science	10
-	Experimental Agriculture	10
-	Horttechnology	10
-	International Journal of Agricultural and Biological Engineering	10
-	Journal of Poultry Science	10
-	British Poultry Science	10
-	Seed Science and Technology	10
-	Soil and Water Research	10
170	New Zealand Journal of Agricultural Research	9
-	Plant Protection Science	9
-	Agricultural Economics-Zemedelska Ekonomika	9
-	Horticulture Journal	9
-	Journal of Agricultural Engineering	9
-	Journal of Animal and Feed Sciences	9

-	Journal of Dairy Research	9
-	Canadian Journal of Agricultural Economics-Revue Canadienne d'Agroeconomie	9
-	Canadian Journal of Animal Science	9
-	Revista Caatinga	9
-	Revista Mexicana de Ciencias Pecuarias	9
181	Czech Journal of Genetics and Plant Breeding	8
-	Acta Agriculturae Scandinavica Section B-Soil and Plant Science	8
-	Indian Journal of Agricultural Sciences	8
-	American Journal of Enology and Viticulture	8
-	Italian Journal of Agronomy	8
-	Archives of Animal Nutrition	8
-	Journal of Wine Economics	8
-	Turkish Journal of Field Crops	8
-	New Zealand Journal of Crop and Horticultural Science	8
-	Engenharia Agricola	8
-	Acta Scientiarum-Agronomy	8
-	Agrekon	8
-	American Journal of Potato Research	8
-	Arid Land Research and Management	8
-	Bragantia	8
196	Crop Breeding and Applied Biotechnology	7
-	Acta Scientiarum Polonorum-Hortorum Cultus	7
-	Grassland Science	7
-	Horticultural Science	7
-	Journal of Agricultural Sciences-Tarim Bilimleri Dergisi	7

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